(ed. Emilie Barthet and Peter Hicks) Clisson et Eugénie

Text and commentary produced by Emilie Barthet and Peter Hicks with an essay by Gérard Gengembre. Editions

When gunner Bonaparte was bored in garrison he began writing a novel recounting a tragic tale of love and loss, modelled on the author's affair with Désirée Clary. But this text was not mere autobiography. It was also a bold mixture of the popular literary genres of the period, pastoral, reverie and epistolary romance…Whilst he never finished it (the ‘whiff of grapeshot' and Josephine got in the way), it is a striking outburst of Romanticism from the man whose name was to become synonymous with pragmatism. Fayard has published a new edition of the work, including ten never before seen pages discovered by the editors. (Text in French)
 
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